Ginkgo biloba - 68mm BIGGER size
Ginkgos are unfeasibly ancient, a living fossil, with actual fossil ancestors dating back almost thre million years, and currently living relatives celebrating their three-thousand-plus birthdays. So plant this one with centuries of growth in mind.
It's a tall tree, eventually, over 25m of unique fan-shaped leaves, apple green in spring and transforming to a slender column of gold in autumn before they fall.
Europeans call it maidenhair tree, the Chinese called this beautiful tree duckfeet - take a look at those leaves and you'll see what they mean!
Ginkgos didn't get to be thousands of years old and not be tough as. They'll stand up to urban pollution, fight off insect attack, survive atomic bombs, and their wood is fire resistant.
Fossil image: Anders Sandberg.
Ginkgo biloba
APPEARANCE : Extraordinarily long-lived, deciduous slender tree, rarely branching until ten years old; small apple green leaves which turn yellow in autumn, each a distinctive shape like a fan. Yellow cherry-like fruits on female trees. These are toxic to pets. Note: These trees are grown from seed, and so may be male or female.USE FOR : Feature and specimen planting, for autumn colour. Pollution resistant, good street tree; wood is resistant to insects and fire.
PLANTING : Happiest in sun, otherwise plant in any well-drained garden soil. Completely frost hardy.
CARE : Mulch and water well for up to 12 weeks or until the plant is established, and in prolonged dry spells. No pruning needed.
HEIGHT & WIDTH : 25 m H x 4-6 m W eventually
YOUR PLANTS : These are larger than our usual tubestock plants, healthy young plants with new roots that will establish quickly in your garden. The pot is 68 mm wide.
You can see an example in the image gallery.
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| Plants For State | ACT,NSW,NT,QLD,SA,TAS,VIC,WA |
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